Fenerbahçe
Champions League quarter-finalists in 2007-08 under Zico.
Fenerbahce are a Turkish club from Istanbul who play in the Super Lig.
Quick Facts
- Full name
- Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (as an association); Fenerbahçe Futbol A.Ş. (as a company)
- Short name
- FB; Fener
- Nickname
- Sarı-Lacivertliler (The Yellow-Navy Blues), Sarı Kanaryalar (The Yellow Canaries)
- Founded
- 3 May 1907 (as Phener-Bagtche Association Football Club)
- Stadium
- Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
- Capacity
- 47,430
- Chairman
- Aziz Yıldırım
- Owner
- Fenerbahçe S.K. (62.27 %); Public (37.73%)
Lore & Background
Fenerbahce knocked English champions Manchester City out of the 1968-69 European Cup and French champions Bordeaux out of the 1985-86 edition. In the 1996-97 group stage they won 1-0 at Old Trafford, ending Manchester United's 40-year unbeaten home record in Europe. Under Zico they got out of the group for the first time in 2007-08 and reached the quarter-finals.
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